urbz was founded in 2008 by Matias Echanove, Rahul Srivastava and Geeta Mehta in Mumbai and now has offices in Mumbai, Bogotá and Geneva.

We believe that residents are experts of their neighborhoods.Their everyday experiences constitute an essential knowledge for architecture, planning, urban development and policy-making. We are committed to information sharing and public participation. Bringing together local and global knowledge, we produce innovative models in architecture, planning and policy making.

Our diverse team of architects, designers, urban planners, anthropologists, economists and policy makers bring various skills to shape a project from many different perspectives. We engage and work in cities through a user-generated approach using the existing condition as a starting point for future development. We do this through a combination of research, workshops with various actors, live projects and exhibitions.

urbz has been invited to exhibit its work at the Design Biennal, Istanbul (2008),  MoMA in New York (2013 & 2014), MAK in Vienna (2015), Chicago Architecture Biennale(2015), CAPC in Bordeaux (2016), HDA in Graz (2016) and the MAXXI in Rome (2016), The Art Center at the International School of Geneva (2016) and Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai (2017).